Reading for September 19th

Read Romans 16.1-16
In 16.1-23: Concluding personal greetings and exhortations.
In verses 1-2: Phoebe commended.
In verse 1: Deacon (Gk., "diakonos"), or minister, is the same term used of Christ (15.8) and Paul (1 Cor 3.5).
Cenchreae was a suburb of Corinth (Acts 18.18).
In 3- 16: Paul sends his greetings.
In verses 3-5: Priscilla and Aquila: Acts 18.2-3; 1 Cor 16.19.
In verse 5: Asia: western Asia Minor.
In verse 7: The feminine form Junia is preferred over the masculine form Junias.
She is the only woman among the apostles in the New Testament.
My relatives probably means fellow Jews.
In verses 8-16: All the names listed are mentioned only here in the New Testament.
Another Rufus is mentioned in Mk 15.21.
The number of people Paul knows by name in the Roman church is remarkable.
In verse 16:  The holy kiss possibly originated in early Christian circles (1 Cor 16.20; 2 Cor 13.12).
The churches of Christ in Achaia, where Paul was writing, are meant.
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